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Clinical terms-blood
A&P CH12 Blood Clinical terms
Term | Definition |
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anisocytosis | abnormal variation in the size of erythrocytes |
antihemophilic plasma | normal blood plasma that has been processed to preserve an antihemophilic factor |
citrated whole blood | normal blood to which a solution of acid citrate has been added to prevent coagulation |
dried plasma | normal blood plasma that has been vacuum-dried to prevent the growth of microorganisms |
hemorrhagic telangiectasia | inherited tendency to bleed from localized lesions of the capillaries |
heparinized whole blood | normal blood to which a solution of heparin has been added to prevent coagulation |
macrocytosis | abnormally large erythrocytes |
microcytosis | abnormally small erythrocytes |
neutrophilia | increase in the number of circulating neutrophils |
packed red cells | concentrated suspension of red blood cells from which the plasma has been removed |
pancytopenia | abnormal depression of all the cellular components of blood |
poikilocytosis | irregularly shaped erythrocytes |
purpura | spontaneous bleeding into the tissues and through the mucous membranes |
septicemia | presence of disease-causing microorganisms or their toxins in the blood |
spherocytosis | hemolytic anemia caused by defective proteins supporting the cell membranes of red blood cells; the cells are abnormally spherical |
thalassemia | group of hereditary hemolytic anemias resulting from very thin, fragile erythrocytes |